Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Wendell Weaver v. Walter Nicholson

Case No.: 16-2400

Officials: KANNE, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Wendell Weaver was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. In a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, he alleges that his constitutional rights were violated by the trial court’s disqualification of his counsel of choice, the ineffective assistance of his replacement counsel, the state’s use of certain testimony at trial, and the trial court’s admission of “other crimes” evidence. The district court denied the petition. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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